Frogtown - Hawkensville, CA
N 41° 45.504 W 122° 37.462
10T E 531226 N 4623020
This roadside monument resides off Hwy 263 (Old Hwy 99).
Waymark Code: WMV2HN
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 02/12/2017
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A roadside monument made up of lava rock and containing a metal plaque reads:
NEAR THIS SPOT IN 1851
FROGTOWN WAS FOUNDED. IT
BECAME THE CENTER OF TRADE
FOR THE MINERS WORKING ON
THE NEARBY FLATS AND GULCHES.
WHEN THE OREGON STAGE ROAD
WAS MADE THE TOWN WAS MOVED
TO HIGHER GROUND AND IN 1852
WAS RENAMED HAWKENSVILLE.
IN 1858 A RED BRICK CHURCH WAS
ERECTED IN THE CENTER OF TOWN.
IT IS STILL STANDING.THIS MONUMENT DEDICATED
SEPT. 3, 1977
E. CLAMPUS VITUS
HUMBUG CHAPTER 73 |
The red church building still stands in the small, unincorporated community of Hawkensville.
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